(function($) 
{
	$.fn.pngFix = function(settings) 
	{
		// Settings
		settings = jQuery.extend(
		{
			blankgif: '../../../images/jquery/blank.gif'
		}, settings);

		var ie55 = (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer" && parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 4 && navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 5.5") != -1);
		var ie6 = (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer" && parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 4 && navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 6.0") != -1);
		
		if ($.browser.msie && (ie55 || ie6)) 
		{
			//fix images with png-source
			$(this).find("img[src$='.png']").each(function() {

			$(this).attr('width',$(this).width());
			$(this).attr('height',$(this).height());

			var prevStyle = '';
			var strNewHTML = '';
			var imgId = ($(this).attr('id')) ? 'id="' + $(this).attr('id') + '" ' : '';
			var imgClass = ($(this).attr('class')) ? 'class="' + $(this).attr('class') + '" ' : '';
			var imgTitle = ($(this).attr('title')) ? 'title="' + $(this).attr('title') + '" ' : '';
			var imgAlt = ($(this).attr('alt')) ? 'alt="' + $(this).attr('alt') + '" ' : '';
			var imgAlign = ($(this).attr('align')) ? 'float:' + $(this).attr('align') + ';' : '';
			var imgHand = ($(this).parent().attr('href')) ? 'cursor:hand;' : '';
			if (this.style.border) 
			{
				prevStyle += 'border:'+this.style.border+';';
				this.style.border = '';
			}
			
			if (this.style.padding) 
			{
				prevStyle += 'padding:'+this.style.padding+';';
				this.style.padding = '';
			}
			
			if (this.style.margin) 
			{
				prevStyle += 'margin:'+this.style.margin+';';
				this.style.margin = '';
			}
			
			var imgStyle = (this.style.cssText);
			strNewHTML += '<span '+imgId+imgClass+imgTitle+imgAlt;
			strNewHTML += 'style="position:relative;white-space:pre-line;display:inline-block;background:transparent;'+imgAlign+imgHand;
			strNewHTML += 'width:' + $(this).width() + 'px;' + 'height:' + $(this).height() + 'px;';
			strNewHTML += 'filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader' + '(src=\'' + $(this).attr('src') + '\', sizingMethod=\'scale\');';
			strNewHTML += imgStyle+'"></span>';
			if (prevStyle != '')
			{
				strNewHTML = '<span style="position:relative;display:inline-block;'+prevStyle+imgHand+'width:' + $(this).width() + 'px;' + 'height:' + $(this).height() + 'px;'+'">' + strNewHTML + '</span>';
			}

			$(this).hide();
			$(this).after(strNewHTML);

		});

		// fix css background pngs
		//alert($(this).css('background-image'));
		//.find("*")
		$(this).each(function(){
			var bgIMG = $(this).css('background-image');
			//alert($(this).css('background'));
			if(bgIMG.indexOf(".png")!=-1){
				var iebg = bgIMG.split('url("')[1].split('")')[0];
				$(this).css('background-image', 'none');
				$(this).get(0).runtimeStyle.filter = "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='" + iebg + "',sizingMethod='scale')";
			}
		});
		
		//fix input with png-source
		$(this).find("input[src$='.png']").each(function() {
			var bgIMG = $(this).attr('src');
			$(this).get(0).runtimeStyle.filter = 'progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader' + '(src=\'' + bgIMG + '\', sizingMethod=\'scale\');';
   		$(this).attr('src', settings.blankgif)
		});
	
	}
	
	return jQuery;

};

})(jQuery);
